of a. Sibe ing tle yes
be» frightening. ° The.

usually-friendly nature—

of the breed is somewhat.
mistep) esented. by: agaze-
that. penetrates © with.
seemingly supernatural
canine intelligence. oe

But at the annual Festival -
du Voyageur i in St. Boniface, —
Manitoba, the Siberian husk- ©
ies, and the. Alaskan. huskies
that race with: them, ‘are -too

excited to. look. at anyone: for. :
long. Tails‘are up and ears are.
perked, while. feet dance in’. --
scarcely-contained -anticipa- aa

30. pounds): and slides over

Snow with less resistance than o

: and hound br breeds, is, producing ge
sa lean, trim fast. dog. . -
* Today’ Ss: racing: ‘sled weighs .

-well-waxed skis: ‘Combining.

~ lightness’ and: flexibility with
‘sufficient. strength. to. stay
together: under the strain of 15.
is. held-

lunging» dogs, . it.
~ together | -with.. rawhide or
_ twine which prevents the cold,.
_ brittle wood from splitting. .

- Types of races, . lengths of

‘courses and size of | purses vary.
with” “éach’ -carnival, -but -the
“excitement of these. beautiful,

tion.of the sled aoe races soon’: a ne

to start.

St. Boniface is is a. “French-

language community in Mani-
toba’s . provincial —

Manitoba’s ©
1970, St. Boniface’s. Festival
du Voyageur (Feb. 11 to 18,

capital, :
Winnipeg. : “Every - -year since
“centennial “in.

1979) relives the spirit. of the .

voyageurs’ —

thosé: early - i

hunters, trappers, traders: ‘and os eee

adventurers who adopted ©

Indian ways: and added their

own strength and bravery to — Be ;
help open:Canada’s frontier, =. |”
The. Festival’: Ss. origins” “go

back to winter, 1816, when
Jean-Baptiste .
the first pioneer of the Red
River, donned his snowshoes,
bade good-bye to his St.

Lagimodiere,

Boniface home and set outfor

a three-month, 2896 km;
el ,800-mile). walk: to Mon- .
‘Quebec. His ‘purpose

treal,
was -to deliver a message to
Lord Selkirk, ‘the well-known
Scottish philanthropist . who
first. settled the Red River
colony. By
Lagimodiere’s. memory is
celebrated «with -

thons, fiddling and jigging

contests, beard-growing con- -

tests, hockey tournaments, ice
sculpture contests, moccasin
dances and an annual reincar-
nation of Lagimodiere in the
form of a local personage
_dressed as an early voyageur
in rawhide, tuque and striped

sash. He attends and partici-
pates in: festival events, and .

welcomes and assists visitors.
Today's |

husky, |

REQUIRES

TEMPORARY
PART/TIME |

THEATRE. ‘ARTS

INSTRUCTOR

half section teaching
Position is conditional
upon enrolment, open
Jan. 1979. .

a minimum of a M.A.,:
professional teaching
experience in technical
and administrative
theatre, © improvisation,
acting, directing. and
some knowledge of
| Theatre History.

Applications and resumes
IN WRITING should be
sent to:

Purcell Way,

North
sneer
SH5

Closing Date: Nov. 22,
1978

snowshoe -
races, cross-country ski mara-.

racing Alaskan
husky is a mixture of Siberian
Alaskan malamute |

This temporary. one: and al

The applicant should. have

Dean of.
Academic Studis, 2055

B.C... V7dJ |

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17,18) of. the: Mardi. Gras‘of °
Winter (Feb. 10:to 18, ,1979)-in-
Prince: George,
umbia. : .
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Some.

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solved: with. 521 mm (six-inch) _
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snow-football, °
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-object of. knurdling seems to:
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